Amid a leadership shakeup and pressure from federal, state and local lawmakers, e-cigarette maker Juul has pulled funding from a ballot initiative aimed at overturning San Francisco’s vaping ban.
Read moreMister E-Liquid sued Michigan in federal court, claiming its recent ban on sales of vaporized tobacco products violates the Interstate Commerce Clause and the federal Tobacco Control Act.
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Washington state enacted an emergency ban on all flavored vaping products Friday over concerns about an outbreak of lung illnesses throughout the country linked to the products.
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Across the country, cities and county governments have banned e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products marketed toward children. But informing the public of the dangers of vaping is difficult because the federal government only recently began to question the health risks.
Read moreVaping companies sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and several state agencies Wednesday, saying officials overstepped their authority when they imposed the country’s first ban on sales of flavored e-cigarette products.
Read moreSwisher International and the Cigar Association of America sued Nebraska, seeking to exempt “little cigars” from an excise tax on cigarettes, in Lancaster County Court.
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Massachusetts on Tuesday officially became the first U.S. state to ban — if temporarily — the sale of all electronic cigarettes, going further than states that only prohibited flavored products.
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California health officials issued an advisory Tuesday telling residents to immediately refrain from using e-cigarette devices until a statewide investigation into the risks associated with vaping is completed.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Wednesday he will push for the Food and Drug Administration to ban most flavored e-cigarettes, amid a government investigation into hundreds of cases of respiratory infections linked to vaping.
Read moreAs vaping-related deaths in the U.S. ticked to three this week, with a fourth still under investigation, New York officials say they have zeroed in on an unapproved additive present in nearly every sample studied.
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Public health officials in Oregon said Wednesday that a person who recently died of a severe respiratory illness had used an electronic cigarette containing marijuana oil from a legal dispensary, the second death linked to vaping nationwide and the first tied to a vaping product bought at a pot shop.
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Greenlane Holdings, one of North America’s largest sellers of cannabis accessories and liquid nicotine products, has been hit with a securities class action alleging the company and underwriters misled the public about its April 2019 initial public offering by withholding crucial information about a key supplier.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer moved Wednesday to make her state the first to ban flavored electronic cigarettes, accusing companies of using candy flavors and deceptive advertising to “hook children on nicotine.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration are launching an investigation into the causes of the more than 200 cases of severe respiratory infections associated with e-cigarette vaping reported in August from 25 states.
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E-cigarette giant Juul Labs is facing mounting scrutiny from state law enforcement officials, with attorneys general in Illinois and the District of Columbia investigating how the company’s blockbuster vaping device became so popular with underage teens.
Read moreVaping giant Juul and its allies sued the city of San Francisco Friday over its “false” and “misleading” descriptions of a ballot measure that could replace the city’s e-cigarette ban with a lighter set of regulations.
Read moreA Texas appeals court upheld termination of a 17-year-old’s parental rights, for, among other things, not feeding her baby properly and smoking indoors in its presence
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The number of breathing illnesses reported among people who vape is growing. Health officials are looking into more than 150 possible cases in 16 states.
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A vaping industry group sued the federal government on Wednesday to delay an upcoming review of thousands of e-cigarette products on the market.
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Health researchers report air pollution is causing lung diseases – particularly emphysema – to occur on a massive scale, an acceleration made worse by climate change.
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